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Auction: 16036 - West Africa Pre-U.P.U. Postal History, The John Sacher Collection
Lot: 1709

Sierra Leone
Incoming Mail
From United Kingdom
1874 (24 June) mourning envelope from Dublin to Sherbro, bearing 1874 6d. grey Pl. 13 tied by duplex, showing "unpaid" h.s., blue crayon "1d", handstruck "d1" in red and, on reverse, Liverpool and "sierra leone" double-arc d.s. (11.7). Photo

Note: At this time there was an internal rate to Sherbro of 1d. so the cover was marked "unpaid" in black and blue "1d" charged.

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Sold for
£550